Religion in Modern Taiwan: Tradition and Innovation in a Changing Society

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2003

Religion in Modern Taiwan

Tradition and Innovation in a Changing Society

Edited by: Philip Clart and Charles B. Jones

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824845063

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Religion in Modern Taiwan takes a new look at Taiwan's current religious traditions and their fortunes during the twentieth century. Beginning with the cession of Taiwan to Japan in 1895 and the currents of modernization that accompanied it, the essays move on to explore the developments that have taken place as Buddhists, Daoists, Christians, non-Han aborigines, and others have confronted, resisted, and adapted to (even thrived in) the many upheavals of the modern period.

An overview of Taiwan's current religious scene is followed by a comprehensive look at the state of religion in the country prior to the end of World War II and the return of Taiwan to Chinese sovereignty. The remaining essays probe aspects of change within individual religious traditions. The final chapter analyzes changes that took place in the scholarly study and interpretation of religion in Taiwan during the course of the twentieth century.

Religion in Modern Taiwan will be read with interest by students and scholars of Chinese religion, religion in Taiwan, the modern history of Taiwan, and by those concerned with issues of religion and modernization.

Contributors: Chang Hsun, Philip Clart, Shiun-wey Huang, Christian Jochim, Charles B. Jones, Paul Katz, André Laliberté, Lee Fong-mao, Randall Nadeau, Julian Pas, Barbara Reed, Murray A. Rubinstein.

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Jones Charles B. :

Charles B. Jones is associate professor and director of the Religion and Culture graduate program in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Philip Clart and Charles B. Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Religion in Taiwan at the End of the Japanese Colonial Period Charles B. Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
2. Stability and Change in Taiwan’s Religious Culture Julian Pas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
3. Carrying Confucianism into the Modern World: The Taiwan Case Christian Jochim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. Chinese Tradition and Taiwanese Modernity: Morality Books as Social Commentary and Critique Philip Clart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5. The Cult of the Royal Lords in Postwar Taiwan Paul R. Katz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
6. The Daoist Priesthood and Secular Society: Two Aspects of Postwar Taiwanese Daoism Lee Fong-mao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7. Religious Change and Democratization in Postwar Taiwan: Mainstream Buddhist Organizations and the Kuomintang, 1947–1996 André Laliberté Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
8. Guanyin Narratives—Wartime and Postwar Barbara E. Reed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
9. Christianity and Democratization in Modern Taiwan: The Presbyterian Church and the Struggle for Minnan/Hakka Selfhood in the Republic of China Murray A. Rubinstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
10. Accepting the Best, Revealing the Difference— Borrowing and Identity in an Ami Village Huang Shiun-wey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
11. Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors: Religious Studies and the Question of “Taiwanese Identity” Randall Nadeau and Chang Hsun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 344

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Published: September 30, 2003
ISBN: 9780824845063